New Hampshire Scientists Appeal to G.O.P. Candidates on climate:

Less than two weeks before the New Hampshire primary, 50 scientists in that state call on Republican presidential candidates to accept the “overwhelming” scientific evidence on the human role in climate change and to support action to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. Their statement follows a similar appeal from scientists in Iowa. [E2Wire.] After angry residents block its first attempt to deliver an environmental impact statement to a prefectural government in Okinawa, Japan’s Defense Ministry makes the delivery under cover of darkness. The study centers on the effects of constructing a Marine air base in a less populated area of Okinawa where people are largely are opposed to it. [Pacific Daily News] To reduce air pollution, London’s city government will experiment with coating its busiest roads with “pollution glue” designed to absorb dangerous chemicals from the air. ...